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US 12,169,247 B2Granted
UAV and UAV operator detector
AssigneeMetis Aerospace Ltd
InventorsAnthony Michael Burnell, Lee Carter, Alexander Cruickshanks
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Abstract
Disclosed herein A UAV and/or UAV operator detector (1) configured to be mounted to an aircraft (2). The detector comprises an array of multiple Directional Radio Frequency (RF) antennae spaced apart from one another over two or three dimensions.
Claims20
A UAV and/or UAV operator detector suitable for mounting to an aircraft;
- the detector comprising:
- an array of two conical beam Directional Radio Frequency (RF) antennae;
- a radio receiver;
- a reprogrammable integrated circuit (RIC);
- and
- a processor;
- the antennae, radio receiver, RIC and processor all being in electrical communication with one another;
- wherein in use, the detector is mounted to an aircraft with the antennae mounted adjacent one another about a reference axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and with the boresights of the antennae pointed outwardly of the reference axis in opposite directions to one another;
- the receiver demodulating any modulated RF waves received from the antennae;
- the RIC measuring the amplitude of the demodulated waves;
- the processor calculating the position of the origin of the RF waves with respect to the detector from the amplitude data from the RIC.
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A method for detecting a UAV and/or its operator, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) mounting a detector comprising an array of two conical beam Directional Radio Frequency (RF) antennae to an air-craft, the detector mounted to the aircraft with the antennae mounted adjacent one another about a reference axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and with the boresights of the antennae pointed outwardly of the reference axis in opposite directions to one another;
- b) demodulating any modulated RF waves received from the antennae;
- c) measuring the amplitude of the demodulated waves;
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- d) calculating the position of the origin of the RF waves with respect to the detector from the amplitude data from the RIC.
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